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A lot of peo­ple don’t under­stand the sig­nif­i­cance of Cinco de Mayo. You can learn about the hol­i­day here, or watch this short His­tory Chan­nel video.

  arti­cles New Racism Museum Reveals the Ugly Truth Behind Aunt Jemima — Jen­nie Rothen­berg Grit Teach the Books, Touch the Heart — Claire Needell Hol­lan­der The 20 Most Beau­ti­ful Book­stores in the World — Emily Tem­ple 50 Life Secrets and Tips — Higher Exis­tence Amer­ica the Fix­able: The Bro­ken Promise of Amer­i­can Edu­ca­tion — The […]

It’s hard to believe that today marks our sixth anniver­sary. A lot has changed in our lives in the last six years, but one thing that remains the same is my love for Carla Patrice Hall. Carla is con­stant, stead­fast, hon­est and lov­ing. I love her more each day, and look for­ward to many, many […]

I would really like to see this movie. If you’re inter­ested in a movie meetup, per­haps this com­ing Sat­ur­day at 1:45 pm, please leave a comment below.

  Earth Day — The Big Pic­ture (Boston Globe)   click the info­graphic below to enlarge source

arti­cles 101 Spec­tac­u­lar Non­fic­tion Sto­ries — Conor Friedersdorf/Byliner What True Love Has to Do With Inno­va­tion — Scott McDow­ell A Slow-Books Man­i­festo — Maura Kelly Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week — Sara Robin­son Dig­i­tal Ecosys­tems: An In-Depth Com­par­i­son — Vlad Savov 40 Ques­tions Every­one is Afraid to Ask — Marc & Angel Hack Life Why We Overplan […]

I used to be really into watches. I sus­pect that along with the rise of the Black­Berry, and other smart­phones, my watch ‘thing’ kinda fell by the way­side. In spite of my wan­ing pur­chases and use of watches, I still appre­ci­ate nice watch design. A cou­ple of months ago, I spot­ted a Stein­hausen watch. If […]